“We are not our brother's keeper—we are our brother and we are our sister. We must look past complexion and see community.” —Maya Angelou
Founder of Kakenya’s Dream Maasai activist and former Conservation International fellow Founder of Let Maasai Girls Learn and Echidna Global Scholar, Brookings Institution Parsitau, Damaris S. Engaging the custodians of tradition and culture: Leveraging the role of multiple actors in Maasai girls’ education, Washington, D.C: Brookings Institution, 2017. Other articles by Dr. Parsitau Speaker at TEDxMajengo and actor in the student-made short film Black Head Cow about forced marriage in Maasai communities EDUCATE Empowering people in Tanzania and Madagascar through education, including providing scholarships to Maasai girls PARTNER Fostering teacher and community development in Tanzania with a focus on child protection and safety, community health, women’s empowerment, and HIV/AIDS prevention FIGHT POVERTY Working alongside women and girls to improve basic education, prevent the spread of disease, increase access to clean water and sanitation, expand economic opportunity, and protect natural resources VOLUNTEER Training impact entrepreneurs to partner with visionary leaders in Sub-Saharan Africa to lift communities out of poverty EDUCATE Empowering adolescent girls around the world through education, allowing them to achieve their full potential and transform their families, communities, and countries POLICY Building a better world for people and our planet by 2030 through 17 sustainable development goals, including a focus on quality, equitable education POLICY Promoting girls’ and women’s education in sub-Saharan Africa to achieve gender equity and equality EDUCATE Tackling poverty and inequality by supporting marginalized girls to go to school and succeed, and empowering young women to step up as leaders of change PARTNER Working together with global partners to provide access to quality education for people at the margins–especially women and girls, including Maasai girls in Tanzania PROTECT Providing a place where Tanzania’s homeless children can find safety, counseling, food, medical care, and education VOLUNTEER Working to alleviate poverty by equipping churches to empower the poor POLICY Supporting developing countries to ensure that every child receives a quality basic education, prioritizing the poorest, most vulnerable and those living in countries affected by fragility and conflict POLICY Promoting girls’ education and gender equality through policy advocacy and support to governments and other development actors DATA Providing research and data on the achievement of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals, specifically related to education and literacyReading Group Guide
MAASAI VOICES
Kakenya Ntaiya
Martha Ntoipo
Dr. Damaris Seleina Parsitau
ARTICLES
Naserian Mzee
OTHER RESOURCES
Operation Bootstrap Africa
Mwangaza Partnership
Care International
Mama Hope
Global Girls Alliance
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
Forum for African Women Educationalists
Campaign for Female Education (CAMFED)
Lutheran Partners in Global Ministry
Amani Children’s Home
The Chalmers Center
Global Partnership for Education
United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative
UNESCO Education and Literacy